Newcomer Seeeking Answers
Hello, I'm just some guy who is seeking answers to various questions before I begin training in anything. I'll probably be making a thread to ask specifically about this one later (in the appropriate sub-forum where it will get the most views) but I guess I'll mention my first question here anyways (it's a two part question):
1. Which is the better and more complete Nei Gong training between these two?
Ling Bao Tong Zhi Neng Nei Gong Shu by Wang LiPing
OR
Daoist Alchemy: Nei Gong & Wei Gong Training by Jerry Alan Johnson
The book by Wang LiPing seems to have a more secure and known lineage (I know there is a 2nd edition of the book, but I'm going with the 1st edition). But the book by Jerry Alan Johnson looks a lot more detailed. So I'm kinda stuck.
2. If there is a better and more complete training (in the form of a book), what is it?
Your entire premise is based on if it isn’t codified in a book therefore it must not exist.
But in your survey you dismiss the copious amounts of books and translations on the very subject.
For instance:
The wuzhen pian https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foundations-Internal-Alchemy-Taoist-Practice/dp/0984308253/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=pCDVW&content-id=amzn1.sym.b23cb387-9a65-4c5f-8523-6979ddb19d2e&pf_rd_p=b23cb387-9a65-4c5f-8523-6979ddb19d2e&pf_rd_r=7GR5KN7H40MWQYXWWXVM&pd_rd_wg=dq9NQ&pd_rd_r=2f21dd76-cfac-4bb9-977a-1f4166c9977e&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_mbl
The xiuzhen boubian https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cultivating-Tao-Internal-Alchemy-Masters/dp/0985547510/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=pCDVW&content-id=amzn1.sym.b23cb387-9a65-4c5f-8523-6979ddb19d2e&pf_rd_p=b23cb387-9a65-4c5f-8523-6979ddb19d2e&pf_rd_r=7GR5KN7H40MWQYXWWXVM&pd_rd_wg=dq9NQ&pd_rd_r=2f21dd76-cfac-4bb9-977a-1f4166c9977e&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_mbl
The world upside down
https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Upside-Down-Internal-Alchemy/dp/0984308261/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=pCDVW&content-id=amzn1.sym.b23cb387-9a65-4c5f-8523-6979ddb19d2e&pf_rd_p=b23cb387-9a65-4c5f-8523-6979ddb19d2e&pf_rd_r=7GR5KN7H40MWQYXWWXVM&pd_rd_wg=dq9NQ&pd_rd_r=2f21dd76-cfac-4bb9-977a-1f4166c9977e&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_mbl
And myriads of others if you really look at the older Chinese anthropological texts often found in caves and such. Secondly as pointed out the method is often taught orally. I have yet to see a text to describe actual methods across the different stages a person will experience in either Chinese or in English. Sufficed to say you will never find Taoist Texts to outline nei dan / nei gong processes and results like the texts for qi gong (which again are plentiful)
